A national study by University of Adelaide researchers is paving the way for more precise diagnosis and treatment for ...

Current genetic screening guidelines fail to identify most people with an inherited condition known as familial ...

Most folks with genetics that put them at risk for high cholesterol and early heart disease aren't aware of their danger, a ...

Researchers at the Eye Genetics Research Unit at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) are the first in the world to ...

A new study revealed that most people with genes that cause very high cholesterol and early heart disease are unaware of ...

Neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and multiple sclerosis, are major causes of disability and mortality, ...

Treatment of autoimmune diseases like lupus has long relied on steroids to knock down the immune system, but more targeted therapies are currently undergoing clinical trials. To make sure these ...

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing, which involves reading the entire human DNA by first breaking it into small pieces -- short reads. Scientists found ...

Gout causes sudden flares of joint pain, which often arise during the nighttime, and in the big toe, though it may affect other joints including the ankles or knees. It is the most common type of ...

Researchers from University of California San Diego have identified 11 genetic regions linked to delay discounting—the ...

Share on Pinterest More than 3 million people in the United States are living with epilepsy. © Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images Specific changes in DNA may increase the ...

Scientists have found the clearest evidence yet that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) – which nearly all of us carry for life – is ...